statute law

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English

Noun

statute law (plural statute laws)

  1. (law, countable) A law enacted by a legislative body, as opposed to a regulation made by the executive branch.
  2. (law, uncountable) The complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and currently in effect within a jurisdiction, as opposed to regulation.

Synonyms

  • (the complete corpus of laws enacted by legislation and current in effect within a jurisdiction) statutory law

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